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obama radar or is this a defining week for his second term? >> i think it's actually going to have some staying hour but even before addressing that, i think there is more to this a.p. story than i think we're giving credit. it is not clear that what the justice department did was actually legal. they have their own internal guidelines statutory guidelines as to when they are to get a secret subpoena as opposed to informing the media outlet. they're seeking one and giving the media outlet a time to negotiate. with that being said, yeah, look, the republican party i've said this in the context of many other issues, they have created a frankenstein and it is running through the streets. they're going to run with benghazi. they're going to run with the i.r.s. because that feeds nicely into their narrative. i think they're actually going to get tripped up on what i would perceive is the real scandal because the president this week pushed harry reid to push the shield that which would protect media outlets in this way, provide some statutory protec
obama radar or is this a defining week for his second term? >> i think it's actually going to have some staying hour but even before addressing that, i think there is more to this a.p. story than i think we're giving credit. it is not clear that what the justice department did was actually legal. they have their own internal guidelines statutory guidelines as to when they are to get a secret subpoena as opposed to informing the media outlet. they're seeking one and giving the media outlet...
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. >> eliot: with friends like these, as they say, less than a week after president obama's most high-profile surrogate former president clinton called romney's record at bain capital "sterling," clinton has veered off message again--or did he. under cutting a core part of president obama's re-election pitch, ending tax cuts for the wealthy. >> the republicans don't want to do that unless they agree to extended packets that is permanently for upper income people. i don't have any problem extending all of it now, including the current spending levels which are still pretty low, the government spending levels, but i think they look high because there is a recession, so the taxes look lower than they really would be if we had 2.5% or 3% growth. and spending looks higher than it would be if we had 2.5% to 3% growth because we have so many people on food stamps unemployment medicaid. the real issue is whether or not it should be extended for another few months the real issue is the price the republican house will put on that extension as the permanent extension of the tax cuts. which i think is an
. >> eliot: with friends like these, as they say, less than a week after president obama's most high-profile surrogate former president clinton called romney's record at bain capital "sterling," clinton has veered off message again--or did he. under cutting a core part of president obama's re-election pitch, ending tax cuts for the wealthy. >> the republicans don't want to do that unless they agree to extended packets that is permanently for upper income people. i don't...
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this week, the romney campaign demonstrators interrupted an obama campaign. oh, know they are already here. don't make me squawk like an eagle. you asked for it. [ eagle screech ] >> i didn't want to have to do that. >> one, two, three, shoot. this week a jury fails to convict john edwards and made this statement. >> i don't think god is through with me. i really believe he thinks there is still some good things i can do. >> next week god will respond with a statement of his own. >> john you can do it. >> this week new york mayor, michael bloomberg revealed his plan to outjumbo
this week, the romney campaign demonstrators interrupted an obama campaign. oh, know they are already here. don't make me squawk like an eagle. you asked for it. [ eagle screech ] >> i didn't want to have to do that. >> one, two, three, shoot. this week a jury fails to convict john edwards and made this statement. >> i don't think god is through with me. i really believe he thinks there is still some good things i can do. >> next week god will respond with a statement of...
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obama comes out in the stadium as well. so i think we have opened up a whole other degree of information for the viewer that is really going to enhance our coverage. >> i see you have a button down there called trending. so for example, if somebody makes a really great quote or if there is an interesting development, you will be able see what people are saying about it instantaneously. >> yes, we have reserved these buttons about conversations we don't yet know about it? and you will be able to visualize the buttons and the size and speed of which they are filling. there are 5,000 tweets per minute on this, or no tweets per minute on this. so we'll be able to follow the hottest topics that people are talking about across the country and the world. >> how does this convention fit into the history of coveraging elections? >> i think all of our colleagues are going to stick their toe into the water and have a tweet or ticker of tweets at the bottom. i don't think anybody is going to be doing this. if you looked at for instance
obama comes out in the stadium as well. so i think we have opened up a whole other degree of information for the viewer that is really going to enhance our coverage. >> i see you have a button down there called trending. so for example, if somebody makes a really great quote or if there is an interesting development, you will be able see what people are saying about it instantaneously. >> yes, we have reserved these buttons about conversations we don't yet know about it? and you...
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two weeks ago the romney war room released a tv ad accusing president obama of undoing some of clinton's welfare reforms. another total and utter lie a string of lice lies, lies. joining me now the author of the new book" what's the matter with white people--why we long for a golden age that never was." joan we're so glad to have you in "the war room" tonight. >> i am so glad to be here, governor. >> jennifer: well, let's start with events on the campaign front, then we're going to talk to you about your book. do you think now is a good time for the obama war room to bring out, to roll out the big dog president clinton? >> now yesterday and tomorrow would be a goodbye to roll out president clinton. it's so effective because especially in light of this ridiculous and in my opinion racist set of ads he has been doing about these lies about the welfare waivers, and using--having the a audacity to use president clinton in these ads, and to insinuate that president obama is betraying president clinton. and president clinton has come out and said this is not true. it reminds us that the econom
two weeks ago the romney war room released a tv ad accusing president obama of undoing some of clinton's welfare reforms. another total and utter lie a string of lice lies, lies. joining me now the author of the new book" what's the matter with white people--why we long for a golden age that never was." joan we're so glad to have you in "the war room" tonight. >> i am so glad to be here, governor. >> jennifer: well, let's start with events on the campaign front,...
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what this came out this week is that his campaign consultants are pushing a plan to donors, apparently trying to show how he is going to win 270. the numbers don't add up. they add up to 260. they've got a whole mathematical problem. >> i was going to have you guys listen to a sound bite from president clinton. i will describe it. he bail was on cnn today and apologized for having spoken probably too loosely about the fact that he was advocating extending the tax cut because he was thinking the timing was it needed to happen that this clip would happen before congress adjourned. on the surrogate front, clinton? >> they are in trouble. >> i am not going to come to you yet. plus or minus clinton? >> plus. >> plus or minus? >> what day is this? because some days, he is effective. some days, he is in big trouble. no president has won running on higher texts. consumer confidence is in the mid 60s. when it's been less, 100 above. he is 30 points from that. we are ally. it is june. but i said 8 monthsiago radio that obama would lose by 7 to 8 points. i am stacking with that because he doesn't
what this came out this week is that his campaign consultants are pushing a plan to donors, apparently trying to show how he is going to win 270. the numbers don't add up. they add up to 260. they've got a whole mathematical problem. >> i was going to have you guys listen to a sound bite from president clinton. i will describe it. he bail was on cnn today and apologized for having spoken probably too loosely about the fact that he was advocating extending the tax cut because he was...
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>> the electoral map still favors obama. no with with standing the tough week, the horrible jobs numbers. >> his increasing approval rating, get. [laughing] >> just fill in the list. >> yes. >> i still think he's a challenger, and if you're going to beat the king, you have to beat the king. >> romney could do well in the west if he an appeals to lds voters. >> a lot of them are voting edge for obama in nevada and arizona and colorado. there are little communities where he has to do some work, but he has to own his space to do that. as for florida i've never trusted florida. the fix is in, now they have terrible fights over discrimination, over this voter purge, you got a 91-year-old 91-year-old-- >> it's conspiracy theory. >> here we are last week where the justice department orders the state of florida, you cannot conduct this voter purge this they were engaged in. today, the state of florida rick scott, the governor, said we're basically thumbing the nose at the department of justice. the question is are the local election
>> the electoral map still favors obama. no with with standing the tough week, the horrible jobs numbers. >> his increasing approval rating, get. [laughing] >> just fill in the list. >> yes. >> i still think he's a challenger, and if you're going to beat the king, you have to beat the king. >> romney could do well in the west if he an appeals to lds voters. >> a lot of them are voting edge for obama in nevada and arizona and colorado. there are little...
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. >> john: so with a bitterly divided government what can president obama do? let's ask democratic strategic from forbes.com rick unger and tina dupuy, the editor in chief of the contributor.com. you heard the president's speech last week, of course, other than saying we need to reduce income inequality, and i would rather hear uneven income growth. that's what the last 30 years been about, what has president obama done about these issues? he takes a lot of heat from the right and the left on it, but rick, what has he done and what could he do outside of the executive orders? >> there are two levels. one is philosophical, and the other is real things he could do to have more immediate impact. jobs bills, infrastructure bills, he has even gone so far of developing infrastructure in the private sector, and the congress would have none of it. he can't do it on his own. on the philosophical part, i wonder if he could kick it up a notch to find a way to drive home the point that the republicans could blame him for this forever, let's go back 30 years. before anybody
. >> john: so with a bitterly divided government what can president obama do? let's ask democratic strategic from forbes.com rick unger and tina dupuy, the editor in chief of the contributor.com. you heard the president's speech last week, of course, other than saying we need to reduce income inequality, and i would rather hear uneven income growth. that's what the last 30 years been about, what has president obama done about these issues? he takes a lot of heat from the right and the...
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>> it has been picking up for the last couple of weeks. the last filing was the one where the obama super pac beat the romney super pac. so we're seeing the emergence who are giving a half of million, quarter of a million dollars. republican super pacs remain far better funded but we are seeing some important signals, and one big one came on thursday when george soros said he would pledge a million dollars to priority usa. he was a huge player in the outside spending efforts in 2008. he sat out 2009 and 2010 and he said this year i'm not going to play with super pacs i don't like them. but now we see a huge push. >> eliot: yes. it's almost george sorerus and jim simon on one hand versus sheldoned a elson on the other. does it ever cross your mind that maybe it doesn't matter as much as we think it might in the sense that the arc of the obama campaign was not thrown off track by all of the money coming in from adelson and the others. >> you could say that. we're not infallible i think the candidate is ultimately the most important thing in
>> it has been picking up for the last couple of weeks. the last filing was the one where the obama super pac beat the romney super pac. so we're seeing the emergence who are giving a half of million, quarter of a million dollars. republican super pacs remain far better funded but we are seeing some important signals, and one big one came on thursday when george soros said he would pledge a million dollars to priority usa. he was a huge player in the outside spending efforts in 2008. he...
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. >>> now when president obama came out in favor of marriage equality last year, it marked a turning point in the gay rights movement. 51% of the country did not support marriage equality. now 53% do. in recent weeks perhaps coinciding with the recent surge in popularity, more and more politicians have begun to come out of the closet in support of gay marriage. first, senator rob portman who changed his mind after his own son came out two years ago. hillary clinton announced her support in a youtube video in no way preparing for a 2016 campaign. four democratic senators revealed their support of gay marriage. missouri senator claire mccaskill, mark warner, alaska senator mark bell itch and this afternoon, jon tester from the great state of montana. right now it doesn't matter how much public support we have, it lies in the hands of six men and three women who are wearing long, black dresses. joining me is larry pressler who was one of dozens of prominent republicans who signed a legal brief arguing gay people have a constitutional right to marry. i'm thrilled to welcome back richard
. >>> now when president obama came out in favor of marriage equality last year, it marked a turning point in the gay rights movement. 51% of the country did not support marriage equality. now 53% do. in recent weeks perhaps coinciding with the recent surge in popularity, more and more politicians have begun to come out of the closet in support of gay marriage. first, senator rob portman who changed his mind after his own son came out two years ago. hillary clinton announced her...
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. >> so does it -- do any of the warnings from, for example john boehner in the past couple of weeks about saying, don't say we're going to kill the whole obama care we're going to try to preserve some of it, is that a hint to you about where this might -- i mean, obviously it's not going to be a hint to the courts, but about what would happen if the court ended up striking it all down? >> well, yeah. i mean, the republicans are in a bit of a bind here, because they've been saying they hate this law they're going to repeal this law. it's starting to dawn on them that people may not like this manned ai. nobody likes the idea of a mandate. it's like taxes nobody ever wants to pay taxes. the rest of the law people like. yeah, they can get health insurance even if you have a preexisting condition, they like everybody gets benefits. so the republicans are trying to figure out gee is there some way to keep part of the law without reinventing the whole thing? that's awfully hard to do. >> so give us your prediction. what do you think the court's decision is going to be? >> oh, gosh. yeah i
. >> so does it -- do any of the warnings from, for example john boehner in the past couple of weeks about saying, don't say we're going to kill the whole obama care we're going to try to preserve some of it, is that a hint to you about where this might -- i mean, obviously it's not going to be a hint to the courts, but about what would happen if the court ended up striking it all down? >> well, yeah. i mean, the republicans are in a bit of a bind here, because they've been saying...
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nightmare-ish debate performance last week. now the stakes are significantly higher for vice president joe biden and the often gaffe-prone vp steps onto the debate stage to take on republican vp candidate paul ryan in kenyan mc tomorrow night. what can we expect? joining me few is governor governor granholm, host of "the war room" right here on on current tv. and the stand in for sarah palin for the preparation of 2008. what is it like to prepare joe biden. we know he is uncontrolled, says what ever pops in his head. how did you prepare him you are give all the credit. >> i wish i could take all the credit. i know when you prepare for gubernatorial debates i hate debate prep. i try to avoid it at all cost, but joe biden is completely game. he was eager to be able to do it. he was receptive he lightens the mood because you know these things can be really unpleasant. it's basically having an opposition memo in front of yourself read in front of a bunch of people and you have to figure out how to respond and all that. he was compl
nightmare-ish debate performance last week. now the stakes are significantly higher for vice president joe biden and the often gaffe-prone vp steps onto the debate stage to take on republican vp candidate paul ryan in kenyan mc tomorrow night. what can we expect? joining me few is governor governor granholm, host of "the war room" right here on on current tv. and the stand in for sarah palin for the preparation of 2008. what is it like to prepare joe biden. we know he is uncontrolled,...
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announced by president obama and vice president joe biden this week. no doubt, the american people are on their side. latest poll out this morning by the "new york times" and cbs, 92% of americans supporting the universal background checks. sixty-three per se percent, 53% supporting a ban on assault weapons. everybody is for these things except the nra and the gun manufacturers. but who is fueling and funding the gun manufacturers? >> one big question congress may be looking at but bill de de blazio, the public advocate is ahead of these. he is on this case and joins us this morning on our news line. mr. public advocate, good to have you back on the show. >> hi, bill. >> hi, bill. thank for having me. >> we know that the nra -- right, is the lobby now nothing but the lobby for the gun manufacturers. who is behind the gun manufacturers? what have you found. >> who is behind the nra? the gun manufacturers. the nra has that chokehold on the political process and the legislative process in view of house they pointed that out. who is funding the gunfire ind
announced by president obama and vice president joe biden this week. no doubt, the american people are on their side. latest poll out this morning by the "new york times" and cbs, 92% of americans supporting the universal background checks. sixty-three per se percent, 53% supporting a ban on assault weapons. everybody is for these things except the nra and the gun manufacturers. but who is fueling and funding the gun manufacturers? >> one big question congress may be looking at...
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for action. >> obama: over the last several weeks the the press here in washington has been reporting about obama's charm offensive. the truth of the matter is all i've been doing is calling up folks and trying to see if we can break through some of the gobble di di gook of our politics politics. >> john: gobble di gook indeed. it's hard to differentiate between the gook and the gobble di. here is john baner. >> republicans want to balance the budget. the president doesn't. the republicans want to solve our long-term debt problem. the president doesn't. >> john: it's worth pointing out the last two republican presidents ever to balance a budget was named richard nixon. our biggest problems in the next ten years is not deficit. something that the president bases not only on facts economic theory and last four years of being president but we haveand thereduction we've already done to slow our pesky recovery, but republicans demand leadership. in an op-ed. it says for all of washington's focus on the president's outreach to republicans it's his engagement with members of his own party th
for action. >> obama: over the last several weeks the the press here in washington has been reporting about obama's charm offensive. the truth of the matter is all i've been doing is calling up folks and trying to see if we can break through some of the gobble di di gook of our politics politics. >> john: gobble di gook indeed. it's hard to differentiate between the gook and the gobble di. here is john baner. >> republicans want to balance the budget. the president doesn't....
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i'm sure we will when his repeal obama-care is not passed by the if you missed joy behar one week only... >>hey, time flies when you're having fun. >>don't worry because she'll be back. >>where are the lefties besides on current tv? >>joy behar is getting her own show coming to current tv this fall. take the gamble out of stain removal. only resolve all-stains has two formula chambers to remove all types of stains. using shout or oxiclean? that's just playing the odds. don't chance it, resolve it. see a resolve difference [ beads rattling ] [ male announcer ] spearmint that tingles as you chew. stimulate your senses. 5 gum. now in micro pack. of sununu, you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our hey joe? yeah? is this a bad time? no, i can talk. great -- it's the 9th inning and your hair still looks amazing. well, it starts with a healthy scalp. that's why i use head and shoulders for men. they're four shampoos for game-winning scalp protection and great looking hair... go on, please. with seve
i'm sure we will when his repeal obama-care is not passed by the if you missed joy behar one week only... >>hey, time flies when you're having fun. >>don't worry because she'll be back. >>where are the lefties besides on current tv? >>joy behar is getting her own show coming to current tv this fall. take the gamble out of stain removal. only resolve all-stains has two formula chambers to remove all types of stains. using shout or oxiclean? that's just playing the odds....
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so far the obama administration has refused to prosecute anybody who got that memo and relied on it. latest this past week a court noticed that the man who wrote that memo can't be sued because again the answer was not quote clearly established when the memo was written. both of these outcomes way seem wrong on the surface, but the reasoning of the courts may not be crazy. why? because when things get dicey you can have a lawyer write a memo giving advice that what you are doing might be okay. this clever two-step process allows everybody to skate away scot-free. this is the roll lawyers are playing these days they have become what i call facilitators creating paper trails that let their clients act under cover of protection. for every so-called torture memo, there are thousands of memos saying that corporate transactions are legal. written by pliable and well-paid lawyers. there is an answer. hold the facilitators the lawyers to a higher standard. creating wiggle room for bad actors isn't what the legal profession is supposed to be about. letting people off the hook isn't what our l
so far the obama administration has refused to prosecute anybody who got that memo and relied on it. latest this past week a court noticed that the man who wrote that memo can't be sued because again the answer was not quote clearly established when the memo was written. both of these outcomes way seem wrong on the surface, but the reasoning of the courts may not be crazy. why? because when things get dicey you can have a lawyer write a memo giving advice that what you are doing might be okay....
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this week you had something that is around focused on the obama administration and the numbers coming out. and of course the jobs numbers not knowing what they will be but all the indicators to this point are positive notes for the president. that's what the public has been focused on, not on these scandals. again the republicans, the clock is ticking to make one of these the focus. they're hoping to shift that focus. >> cenk: i love the idea of the republicans flooding the zone. that zone is so flooded the white house might as well be noah's ark. i know, you think there are a lot of scandals in terms of the republicans. i want to ask you one last question rebecca. issamantha powers is book, and now ambassador to the united nations. she got in trouble for calling hillary clinton a monster. she didn't have a republican problem as much as she had a hillary clinton problem. now hillary clinton is not part of the white house or part of the administration. is that why they can bring her out and pro poet her?--promote her. >> as you recall, she had a problem when susan rice was part of the
this week you had something that is around focused on the obama administration and the numbers coming out. and of course the jobs numbers not knowing what they will be but all the indicators to this point are positive notes for the president. that's what the public has been focused on, not on these scandals. again the republicans, the clock is ticking to make one of these the focus. they're hoping to shift that focus. >> cenk: i love the idea of the republicans flooding the zone. that...
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meanwhile, the weeks of attacks on romney record may be working for the white house. the latest pew research center poll shows 50% of registered voters favor president obama and 43% for romney. romney did pick up an endorsement last night, former president dick cheney. for more on the outsourcing issue and a great friend, congress wokecongresswoman louise slaughter thank you for joining us. >> it is a pleasure. >> eliot: tell us what your amendment would do, and why it's so important. >> well, democrats have been trying for some time to stop the outsourcing of jobs. the second thing we want to do is reinforce the sanctions and help our ally israel by making it tougher for iran. we believe the sanctions are working. and we simply need more. third, we want to say the corporations are not more important than people in the united states, and will not be ever again. i want to say one thing about the mining loss. i'm not sure that people understand that. the law that we operate under today was written in 1882 and signed by ulysses grant. we stopped a consortium including ir
meanwhile, the weeks of attacks on romney record may be working for the white house. the latest pew research center poll shows 50% of registered voters favor president obama and 43% for romney. romney did pick up an endorsement last night, former president dick cheney. for more on the outsourcing issue and a great friend, congress wokecongresswoman louise slaughter thank you for joining us. >> it is a pleasure. >> eliot: tell us what your amendment would do, and why it's so...
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i spent last week out in chicago at the -- interviewing obama officials at his headquarters there and it's quite at sweet set-up they have. but clearly, there is a sense, a, that mitt romney is going to raise about $700 million and they are going to have to gin up the same kind of enthusiasm in 2012 that they had in 2008. and because as you have mentioned, that grassroots support, that grass roots enthuseiasm isn't there, they are having to go to donors and say, look, nobody is perfect. the president is not perfect. but we still need your support. and that's what's happening right now. >> and so what's the sense you get, though? do they think, like hey we got this thing on lockdown or is there a sense like, oh my god, some of these numbers look really bad. we have got to double down triple down on our effort? >> well,? >> this is one of the major tensions we found in the campaign. are they confident or is the obama campaign confident or cocky? and the real risk the real risk -- and this is speaking to a number of obama officials. what they fear is that look, you know, they are giving
i spent last week out in chicago at the -- interviewing obama officials at his headquarters there and it's quite at sweet set-up they have. but clearly, there is a sense, a, that mitt romney is going to raise about $700 million and they are going to have to gin up the same kind of enthusiasm in 2012 that they had in 2008. and because as you have mentioned, that grassroots support, that grass roots enthuseiasm isn't there, they are having to go to donors and say, look, nobody is perfect. the...
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she is standing in for president obama at the economic cooperation forum leader this week. this is the first democratic national convention she missed in four decades. take a look at this here is a great photo showing mrs. clinton catching up on the dnc. has bill clinton spoke last night, hashtag 2016 was one of the most popular. we'll be back after the break. for more online go to current.com/stephaniemiller. this year the presidential campaigns are running a record number of ads targeting hispanic voters, who may well decide the election. [spanish vo] but it was the jfk campaign that ran the first tv ads in spanish. [spanish] >> in 1960, it's not that the hispanic vote was not that big but it was concentrated in a few crucial states. (vo) but it was 40 years later that another presidential candidate really spoke to the hispanic voter: bush: gracias! >> as the governor of texas, he understood the growing political power of latinos. (vo) and now more than ever, candidates have to both walk the walk, and talk the talk. [spanish] (vo) current tv's look at campaign ads that ch
she is standing in for president obama at the economic cooperation forum leader this week. this is the first democratic national convention she missed in four decades. take a look at this here is a great photo showing mrs. clinton catching up on the dnc. has bill clinton spoke last night, hashtag 2016 was one of the most popular. we'll be back after the break. for more online go to current.com/stephaniemiller. this year the presidential campaigns are running a record number of ads targeting...
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it has been a fun two weeks of watching. president obama is sending a u.s. delegation to the ceremony including reggie love who will represent the u.s., also michelle quan un ambassador and members of the president's council on fitness. >>bill: that's a good delegation. >> yes. absolutely. and we may have heard the last of president obama singing in public the crowd in colorado pushed the president to push out a tune but he said he has made a solemn vow to his wife michelle to not sing to anyone but her anymore. >>bill: he is saving his crooning for the first lady. >> and motorists on a road in pennsylvania had a good laugh a few days ago, road-painting crew wasn't overly careful when laying down a double yellow line they painted right over a dead raccoon. they were short a man who clears debris before they paint, and there was too heavy of traffic to turn around. >>bill: so forever and ever there will be a dead raccoon in the road. >> well, they can remove it but then there will be an empty spot. ♪ >>bill: reminds me of our do-nothing congress somehow. i
it has been a fun two weeks of watching. president obama is sending a u.s. delegation to the ceremony including reggie love who will represent the u.s., also michelle quan un ambassador and members of the president's council on fitness. >>bill: that's a good delegation. >> yes. absolutely. and we may have heard the last of president obama singing in public the crowd in colorado pushed the president to push out a tune but he said he has made a solemn vow to his wife michelle to not...
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so obama right now ahead 237 electoral votes to romney's 191. of course, you need 270 to be able to clinch a nomination. so i want to share with you polls that were released this past week. some today. some over the past few days. it gives you an indication of how the electoral map changes when the polls are added. so virginia, so if i'm going to put virginia in romney's camp because today marketing came out with a poll that says romney beats obama today 49% to 44%. 13 electoral votes to romney's total. ohio, that goes to obama. same polling. gravis marketing. obama, 43. that adds 18 electoral votes to obama's column. north carolina, north carolina we're going to get to obama. 1 point romney. that was yesterday. yesterday was also florida. that too goes to obama. 48 to 47. very close. both of those. florida is the motherload. 29 electoral votes in florida. the final state that we have information from is colorado. recent information colorado has obama at 49%. romney at 46%. i must say colorado rectoral votes is nine. colorado and florida their p
so obama right now ahead 237 electoral votes to romney's 191. of course, you need 270 to be able to clinch a nomination. so i want to share with you polls that were released this past week. some today. some over the past few days. it gives you an indication of how the electoral map changes when the polls are added. so virginia, so if i'm going to put virginia in romney's camp because today marketing came out with a poll that says romney beats obama today 49% to 44%. 13 electoral votes to...
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and i think the point is barack obama is not it. >> this past week i think could be dubbed how do you buy the student vote right? pretty soon there is going to be negative interest on student loans. let me start with you, isn't there something only unseamly about it? >> to me the republicans have lost a lot of credibility on this, because when you are talking about going after youth voters, wasn't it rick santorum that said the president was an elitist for encouraging young people to go to college. and quite frankly you know at times in the last segment you talked about tough economic times, in tough economic times a lot of students go back to school, so we need to give them the opportunity, and i think the president is clearly aware of this, give them the opportunity to continue their education and get those jobs. >> don't have the republicans have a real issue on this problem. there is a chasm between governor romney and his comment just borrow the money from your parents, it does -- sort of distance him. if you think president obama is a little too cool mitt romney may have a littl
and i think the point is barack obama is not it. >> this past week i think could be dubbed how do you buy the student vote right? pretty soon there is going to be negative interest on student loans. let me start with you, isn't there something only unseamly about it? >> to me the republicans have lost a lot of credibility on this, because when you are talking about going after youth voters, wasn't it rick santorum that said the president was an elitist for encouraging young people...
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president obama is promising new gun control legislation, but if he doesn't it wouldn't be the first props promise he has brokenned. it was announced this week that those assigned at guantanamo bay is reassigned and no one is replacing him. was it just a complain ploy that he knew he could give up on easily if he had to. >> i know we'll get comments saying that you had obama apologizists on the show, but i think it's one of those instances, and we talked about it earlier on the show this week that he had this naive ideal that he could go in and close it it. and when he got in and saw all the difficulties of everything that had to be in place for that to happen, it fell apart. >> john: he couldn't use the bully pulpit? >> there has been a lot of coverage of what happened over the last four years. the process was started and it was not going to work out. literally, he couldn't do anything. >> john: is that fair enough to say? >> i'll just repeat what he just said. there are some things that he won't be able to hit on. >> john: i fell like he could have use the the bully pulpit just a b
president obama is promising new gun control legislation, but if he doesn't it wouldn't be the first props promise he has brokenned. it was announced this week that those assigned at guantanamo bay is reassigned and no one is replacing him. was it just a complain ploy that he knew he could give up on easily if he had to. >> i know we'll get comments saying that you had obama apologizists on the show, but i think it's one of those instances, and we talked about it earlier on the show this...
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speaking of tough decisions speaking of tough calls last week we heard at the republican convention, we heard our opponents -- we heard them pledge that day two they, too had the courage to make the tough calls. that's what they said. folks, in case you didn't notice -- i say to my fellow americans, in case you didn't notice, they didn't have the courage to tell you what calls they would make. they never mentioned any of that. mrs. robinson, you watched from home, from the white house you heard them talk so much about how they cared so much about medicare. how much they wanted to preserve it. that's what they told you. but let's look at what they didn't tell you. what they didn't tell you is that the plan they have already put down on paper would immediately cut benefits for more than 30 million seniors already on medicare. what they didn't tell you -- what they didn't tell you is the plan they're proposing would cause medicare to go bankrupt by 2016. and what they really didn't tell you is they -- if you want to know -- if you want to know -- they're not for preserving medicare at a
speaking of tough decisions speaking of tough calls last week we heard at the republican convention, we heard our opponents -- we heard them pledge that day two they, too had the courage to make the tough calls. that's what they said. folks, in case you didn't notice -- i say to my fellow americans, in case you didn't notice, they didn't have the courage to tell you what calls they would make. they never mentioned any of that. mrs. robinson, you watched from home, from the white house you heard...
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>> obama: well for 18 months he has been running on this tax plan, and now, five weeks before the election, he is saying his big bold idea is never mind and the fact is that if you are lowering the rates the way you describe, governor, then it is not possible to come up with enough deductions and loopholes that only affect high income individuals to avoid either raising the deficit or burdening the middle class. it's math. it's arithmetic. now governor romney and i do share a deep interest in encouraging small business growth. so at the same time that my tax plan has already lowered taxes for 98% of families i also lowered taxes for small businesses 18 times, and what i want to do is continue the tax rates -- the tax cuts that we put into place for small businesses and families but i have said that for incomes over $250,000 a year that we should go back to the rates that we had when bill clinton was president when we created 23 million new jobs, went from deficit to surplus, and created a whole lot of millionaires to boot. and by doing that, we cannot only reduce the deficit, encourage job
>> obama: well for 18 months he has been running on this tax plan, and now, five weeks before the election, he is saying his big bold idea is never mind and the fact is that if you are lowering the rates the way you describe, governor, then it is not possible to come up with enough deductions and loopholes that only affect high income individuals to avoid either raising the deficit or burdening the middle class. it's math. it's arithmetic. now governor romney and i do share a deep...
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obama managing a wounded empire. you know, he has called for a cut in the infantry and called for some cuts but hillary clinton made it clear that china was a new pivot point in asia and obama went to burma that was his first trip abroad, myanmar, and he declared, this is basically a move by the u.s. to contain china. and china has felt--he made huge two arms sells in taiwan. he's arming japan. he has armed south korea. this is serious for the chinese. if you're chinese and looking out to the west. >> eliot: what i'm trying to suggest that there is a difference now than when we were invading nicarg ua. >> it was a campaign deliberately to--and reagan-- >> eliot: and they thought they had done that. >> first they thought they had did it with grenada in 1983. reagan made it sound like-- >> eliot: but in the scheme of things. >> the gulf war won and now this is our great moment, we're back again. >> i saw that referred to as a good war. >> eliot: back to recently with norman schwarzkopf's obituary, but it still feels di
obama managing a wounded empire. you know, he has called for a cut in the infantry and called for some cuts but hillary clinton made it clear that china was a new pivot point in asia and obama went to burma that was his first trip abroad, myanmar, and he declared, this is basically a move by the u.s. to contain china. and china has felt--he made huge two arms sells in taiwan. he's arming japan. he has armed south korea. this is serious for the chinese. if you're chinese and looking out to the...
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and on this day obama is above the fray. >> now, last week -- or actually a couple of days ago he started actually calling out mitt romney by name, though which some people were saying brings him down into the fight too soon. >> i would not elevate my opponent to my status. >> interesting. >> no. no. no. no. >> my opponent. that guy. >> you notice i have not exactly mentioned his name on this show. because i'm a real obama supporter. >> yeah. >> and i want people to think maybe it's ron paul. >> i think people who watch this show know who it is, but -- i know. but that's the strategy always, is, right, you never mention your opponent. >> in my 40 years of being involved in election campaigns and doing 250 or more races in california, we in the testing process came to the conclusion that your opponent may never be known unless you call attention to his existence. >> yeah. >> i wanted people to really think that i was running unopposed. i didn't exactly say it, but i never referenced who might be out there talking about taking willie out. >> i love it. now you are a presidential supporter b
and on this day obama is above the fray. >> now, last week -- or actually a couple of days ago he started actually calling out mitt romney by name, though which some people were saying brings him down into the fight too soon. >> i would not elevate my opponent to my status. >> interesting. >> no. no. no. no. >> my opponent. that guy. >> you notice i have not exactly mentioned his name on this show. because i'm a real obama supporter. >> yeah. >>...
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this week, the journey continues. today president obama met with 13 police chiefs and sheriff including those from newtown and aurora to discuss his gun control proposals and get their input of how to stop the daily gun deaths. meanwhile thousand of citizens marched at the capitol demanding new gun legislation, and the message is clear. it is up to we the people. >> it is up to us. don't pay any attention to the congress. nor to your legislature. it's their job to pay attention to you. only an outraged public can end the gun violence. >> john: joining me now is the powerful order that you just watched representative eleanor holmes from the district of columbia. thank you for coming on the program this evening. >> glad to be with you. >> john: i really appreciated your speech. it was very cold that particular january day. why did you feel the need to participate in this weekend's march. >> well, when we had hundreds of people from newtown coming down to march with us, the least i could do was to be there and to try to
this week, the journey continues. today president obama met with 13 police chiefs and sheriff including those from newtown and aurora to discuss his gun control proposals and get their input of how to stop the daily gun deaths. meanwhile thousand of citizens marched at the capitol demanding new gun legislation, and the message is clear. it is up to we the people. >> it is up to us. don't pay any attention to the congress. nor to your legislature. it's their job to pay attention to you....
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but a week before that romney was actually up 47-46. at least for now it seems to be trending in the right direction, and i think the reason why the democrats are gaining is not because of how they said things whether their eloquence or cheers or failing arms or whatever that was, it wasn't because of how they said it it was because of what they said. the republicans spent a week saying i and me. the democrats spent a week saying we. our country, how it affects all of us. the democrats are surging because they spent the week inviting us to serve and care for each other. as bill clinton said we are all in this together is a much better and more uplifting mess an inthan you are on your own. coming up after the break, apparently ted strictland and i were drinking from the same pot of coffee he is joining me. and the art of the understated speech. >> mitt has so little economic patriotism, that even his money needs a pass port. it summers i'm jennifer granholm, let me tell you a story. in colorado the auto rescue saved more than 9,000 jobs.
but a week before that romney was actually up 47-46. at least for now it seems to be trending in the right direction, and i think the reason why the democrats are gaining is not because of how they said things whether their eloquence or cheers or failing arms or whatever that was, it wasn't because of how they said it it was because of what they said. the republicans spent a week saying i and me. the democrats spent a week saying we. our country, how it affects all of us. the democrats are...
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this was a good week for romney or a good week for obama. is romney going to be able to change the subject this week by announcing his vice presidential pick? >> you know, it will certainly help for a couple of days. >> bill: do you think he'll do it this week? >> i don't know. i don't know honestly. i think no just because it seems like it is a little far out from the convention. the one upside for him to do it now would be that he's getting ready to leave the country. when he's out of the country, if he had a vice presidential running mate that he could then sort of have go around the country while he's out of the country, they get two fronted which would help them i think in terms of taking the week or winning the week as we say around washington. but you know, republicans seem to -- have tended to wait longer into the cycle. democrats do it earlier it seems like as i recall the last couple of cycles. >> bill: so if it were going to be this week, i was looking reading last night coming back from vacation, the names that are out there. gen
this was a good week for romney or a good week for obama. is romney going to be able to change the subject this week by announcing his vice presidential pick? >> you know, it will certainly help for a couple of days. >> bill: do you think he'll do it this week? >> i don't know. i don't know honestly. i think no just because it seems like it is a little far out from the convention. the one upside for him to do it now would be that he's getting ready to leave the country. when...
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the week barack obama was sworn in 2009, both bill elo'reilly and sean hannity were given four year contracts. i was praying for mitt romney to get elected. i'm going to buy a boat if he gets elected. fox, it sounds better as the hate obama network than the defend romney network. so aren't they just providing the entertainment and denial their fans demand? >> absolutely. it makes me laugh too to reference back to george w. when george w. was in office, you're either with us or you're against us. now the right is going how dare obama say we sacrifice our personal needs for the group effort, for the good of the team >> they make such a big deal about fiscal responsibility and bill clinton balanced the budget. as you'll remember, fox news in the late '90s was nothing but them praising bill clinton. never said a bad word. >> john: bill clinton is the real fiscal conservative. moving on to something we can all agree on regardless of their political persuasions, tsa is getting rid of the body scanners ending the virtual strip searches is. this really a software issue or did they realize they hadn't
the week barack obama was sworn in 2009, both bill elo'reilly and sean hannity were given four year contracts. i was praying for mitt romney to get elected. i'm going to buy a boat if he gets elected. fox, it sounds better as the hate obama network than the defend romney network. so aren't they just providing the entertainment and denial their fans demand? >> absolutely. it makes me laugh too to reference back to george w. when george w. was in office, you're either with us or you're...
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idolizing democrat springsteen who is campaigning for president obama last week. plus the song immortalized chevy. which would be bankrupt if mitt romney had his way! that's two more reasons to always listen closely at a romney rally! so thanks for joining
idolizing democrat springsteen who is campaigning for president obama last week. plus the song immortalized chevy. which would be bankrupt if mitt romney had his way! that's two more reasons to always listen closely at a romney rally! so thanks for joining
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and then last week happened. biden knows the score and he is not going to let them get away with it. obama i hope has gotten that message. i don't think anybody sees a president getting man handled by mitt romney and says that was cool. >> stephanie: right, but i think that and last night's debate i absolutely think we'll see a different president obama in the next one. >> i don't think they have a choice. and obama always raises his game when his back is up against the wall. so maybe he thought he could just run out the clock, but now he is going to have to be more aggressive. >> stephanie: it reminds me of the eyes don't match. they just have to do -- they are spinning, right? >> yeah. yeah. and [ inaudible ] they have been brutal. with independent voters, it was brutal. even the cnn poll that showed ryan supposedly winning 48-44, cnn admitted that they oversampling republicans by way too many. but my point is it wasn't the most representative sample and if that is what you are going to hang your hat on -- that
and then last week happened. biden knows the score and he is not going to let them get away with it. obama i hope has gotten that message. i don't think anybody sees a president getting man handled by mitt romney and says that was cool. >> stephanie: right, but i think that and last night's debate i absolutely think we'll see a different president obama in the next one. >> i don't think they have a choice. and obama always raises his game when his back is up against the wall. so...
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president obama apparently wasn't content with all the white house scandals headlines this week or the possibility thinks second term could be suffocated under a blanket ofvilleofcriminal investigations, so he did something today. for groups seeking status tax status, the president condemned them. >> today secretary lew took the first step by accepting requesting and accepting the leader of the irs. it's important to implement new leadership to help us go forward. >> john: whether that will satisfy congressional republicans remains to be seen. earlier today, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell demanded a different sort of action from the president. >> the administration needs to make witnesses available to testify on this and any other incident of targeting the administration's ideological's opponent. >> john: and john boehner has made up his mind whether haws were broken or real crimes committed. >> my question isn't about who is going to resign. my question is who is going to jail over the scandal. >> john: the scandal where no laws were broken. on the so-called scandal front yes,
president obama apparently wasn't content with all the white house scandals headlines this week or the possibility thinks second term could be suffocated under a blanket ofvilleofcriminal investigations, so he did something today. for groups seeking status tax status, the president condemned them. >> today secretary lew took the first step by accepting requesting and accepting the leader of the irs. it's important to implement new leadership to help us go forward. >> john: whether...
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and last week we brought you how the obama administration plans to protect our cyberinfrastructure. now a report ties the chinese government to dozens of cyberattacks on u.s. banks government agencies and other industries. abc has the details from washington. >> reporter: the cyberattacks have hit some of the largest u.s. constitutions, banks, military contractors and energy companies. and a new report from an u.s. cybersecurity firm points the finger at the chinese government. this nondescript office in shanghai is believed headquarters for a chinese army unit. the chinese government and military deny the accuindications butaccusationsbut there is skepticism. >> they're not going to allow this amount of hacking without controlling it. >> reporter: 100 organizations and companies were hacked, including coca-cola. how does this type of international hacking affect average americans? u.s. investigators say this amounts to economic he espionage it could cost countless americans jobs. >> there is no question about it. cyberwarfare cyberattacks, cybertheft are the future. >> reporter: to
and last week we brought you how the obama administration plans to protect our cyberinfrastructure. now a report ties the chinese government to dozens of cyberattacks on u.s. banks government agencies and other industries. abc has the details from washington. >> reporter: the cyberattacks have hit some of the largest u.s. constitutions, banks, military contractors and energy companies. and a new report from an u.s. cybersecurity firm points the finger at the chinese government. this...
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the things week they're hosting obama. the motto of this younger generation is what can we do working together. i think that is a big change from the baby boomers. >> michael: that is a good change and it's refreshing. but when i hear about a new younger group of voters in america it seems that there is one party that is paying attention or even if they're not paying attention there is one that is clearly not paying attention. it's encouraging to note there is such bipartisanship even at that level. karla mariniccui. thank you for joining us on "the war room." up next, strike, fast food workers are tired 69 quality of life on the lower rungs of american labor and they're doing something about it. that story and more right after this. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> what a way to start the day. (vo) followed by "talking liberally with stephanie miller" >> this is big for me. only on current tv. (vo) later tonight current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuan
the things week they're hosting obama. the motto of this younger generation is what can we do working together. i think that is a big change from the baby boomers. >> michael: that is a good change and it's refreshing. but when i hear about a new younger group of voters in america it seems that there is one party that is paying attention or even if they're not paying attention there is one that is clearly not paying attention. it's encouraging to note there is such bipartisanship even at...
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and for president obama by bashing his rival's profit-maximizing philosophy. while romney made an overt appeal for minority voters this week, laying out his vision for a voucher-run education program and referring to education reform as the civil rights issue of our era, president obama playing on us-versus them politics in his swing through california, colt, and iowa seizing on the romney's at the arrested ship at bain capital mocking his g.o.p. opponent for saying corporations are people. even though national polls have kept obama at a slight advantage over romney, a new "washington post" "abc news" poll shows 58% of struggling middle class white voters say romney would do more to advance their families economic interests. only 32% chose obama. voters across party lines agree that romney who would do more to advance the interests of wall street. let's bring in nia-malika henderson, national political reporter for the "washington post." and david schuster current tv correspondent. the numbers flip when go to the other side, anybody who isn't white, is this a
and for president obama by bashing his rival's profit-maximizing philosophy. while romney made an overt appeal for minority voters this week, laying out his vision for a voucher-run education program and referring to education reform as the civil rights issue of our era, president obama playing on us-versus them politics in his swing through california, colt, and iowa seizing on the romney's at the arrested ship at bain capital mocking his g.o.p. opponent for saying corporations are people....
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. >> are you our fan of the week? >> probably not. >> he has more freedom to be black in public than barack obama. >> the celtics and heat in game four of the eastern conference finals. i guess the game just ended in a tie. >> has it come down to this? the retirement age could be 80? [singing] >> thank you. welcome to the art world. >> a beverage you stir before drinking. >> water. [laughing] >> thank you. will you still love me when the applaud signs goes out, that's what i want to know. >> eliot: that was a great show. he was a great host. bank of america did not tell shareholders the entire story when it boat merrill lynch four years ago. and $20 billion later people want answers. that's on "viewpoint." stick around. that's the focus. we want to focus on solutions and ways of bringing people together. that's the only way we're going to solve the world's great vexing problems. >>(narrator) the gavin newsom show friday at 11 eastern/8 pacific on current tv. polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and
. >> are you our fan of the week? >> probably not. >> he has more freedom to be black in public than barack obama. >> the celtics and heat in game four of the eastern conference finals. i guess the game just ended in a tie. >> has it come down to this? the retirement age could be 80? [singing] >> thank you. welcome to the art world. >> a beverage you stir before drinking. >> water. [laughing] >> thank you. will you still love me when the...
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do you think the public is satisfied that it's heard an adequate's job plan from president obama. >> i think sow. he has made a coherent statement and he has been talking about what he wants to do. he has put on the table in the house of representatives every week jobs bills jobs plans he has put their own ideas on the table and said you introduced these bills pass them. this congress is more interested in taking this one guy's job away from him than this country. >> and voted 33 times to repeal the healthcare reform act. >> and keep their own. >> eliot: which is one of the great hypocrisy because public should have access to healthcare. this is a closing metaphor. the etch-a-sketch toy that is romney he has outsourced his own toy. >> what can you say. >> eliot: the latino vote, republicans want it, but there is talk and then there is action. congresswoman linininininininininininininininininininininininininin ♪ lord, you got no reason ♪ ♪ you got no right ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i find myself at the wrong place ♪ [ male announcer ] the ram 1500 express. ♪ ♪ it says a lot about yo
do you think the public is satisfied that it's heard an adequate's job plan from president obama. >> i think sow. he has made a coherent statement and he has been talking about what he wants to do. he has put on the table in the house of representatives every week jobs bills jobs plans he has put their own ideas on the table and said you introduced these bills pass them. this congress is more interested in taking this one guy's job away from him than this country. >> and voted 33...
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and this was been a week full of crises. take a live of what president obama said in his rose garden address. >> obama: by now it's well-known that 90% of the american people support the universal background check to make it harder for a dangerous person to buy a gun. we're talking about convicted felons people convicted with domestic violence, people with a mental illness. 90% of people support that idea. >> michael: has he read the lanny davis book? is that the right message. >> i don't know if he has read my book but i would love to believe that. i think he's a great merger and one of the great communicators. i worked for bill clinton and he's pretty good. and barack obama when he's good he's very good. i think he needs to focus and roll up his sleeves and go up and talk to max baucus and mark pryor and heitkamp. but the democrats have been on the wrong side in preventing the right to vote. a bipartisan group of senators is trying to change that filibuster rule, and now with guns overwhelmingly in favor of background chec
and this was been a week full of crises. take a live of what president obama said in his rose garden address. >> obama: by now it's well-known that 90% of the american people support the universal background check to make it harder for a dangerous person to buy a gun. we're talking about convicted felons people convicted with domestic violence, people with a mental illness. 90% of people support that idea. >> michael: has he read the lanny davis book? is that the right message....
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. ♪ >> michael: in the past week we have seen how flexible president obama's red line in syria can be, kind of like a twizler. the white house has stepped back from an immediate course of action. the president said he needed more time to make his case. >> obama: i have to make sure i have the facts. and if we end up rushing to judgment without hard effective evidence, then we can find ourselves in the position where we can't mobilize the international community to support what we do. >> michael: getting more hard evidence night not be such a bad idea. anybody remember the phantom weapons of mass destruction george w. bush used to justify invading iraq? well joining me is who served as senior advisor to ambassador richard holbrooke, the special representative to afghanistan and pakistan. he is currently dean of the school of advanced international studies at johns hopkins university and is the author of the new book "the dispensable nation: american foreign policy in retreat". i even have a copy right here. welcome into "the war room," vali nasr. it does seem like a spectacularly good
. ♪ >> michael: in the past week we have seen how flexible president obama's red line in syria can be, kind of like a twizler. the white house has stepped back from an immediate course of action. the president said he needed more time to make his case. >> obama: i have to make sure i have the facts. and if we end up rushing to judgment without hard effective evidence, then we can find ourselves in the position where we can't mobilize the international community to support what we...